  Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 3223 Registered: 06-2006 |
Was this controversial at the time? Did it happen unnoticed for the most part? Was it expected to remain vacant for as long as it has? | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 1637 Registered: 11-2003 |
What kind of shape is the inside of the building? | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7431 Registered: 10-2003 |
Simply, the JOA made it more expedient to have in one building the merged offices. The Detroit News building is larger, therefore the better choice for the combined operations. | ||
Deandub11 Member Username: Deandub11 Post Number: 206 Registered: 05-2006 |
Could we get a history of the news and freep here? The freep moved out of the free press building in 98 when the two merged as one correct? | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 3618 Registered: 02-2004 |
No, the Free Press moved out of their building during the strike. The plans were probably struck during the DOA, I mean the JOA, but the move was done in about 99 or so. The Philadelphia papers moved into one building after their JOA, so it probably seemed like a great idea, unless you worked for the Free Press and didn't have to jump through the hoops you have to now in order to navigate. Unnoticed? What's another abandoned building in Detroit? | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 472 Registered: 07-2005 |
It's too bad the Detroit Times Building was demolished. https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/89914/96388.html?1178147 793 | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 4576 Registered: 10-2003 |
If you have never been around inside the News building, there is quite a dichotomy between the News portion of the building, and the Freep portion. The News section has many original architectural features, although obviously plenty was lost over the years. But you walk into the Freep portion, and you may as well be walking into any office built in the last decade or so. From my experience, this difference isn't lost on the News employees either, who enjoy showing visitors how much better their accommodations are.  | ||
Dkdowty Member Username: Dkdowty Post Number: 16 Registered: 12-2004 |
Remember that the Free Press, at the time a Knight-Ridder publication, was looking for a home in the News building, then a Gannett publication. So when they redid the interior, the News got far and away the better newsroom. I'm a little surprised Gannett didn't claim the News newsroom when they bought the Free Press. | ||
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette Post Number: 3624 Registered: 02-2004 |
It ain't over yet. |
